Re: Kim Flint questions on your design work for the EDP

[mark <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

I agree with Jon's description, but I'd add that it can also be (in the 
case of the MC505, for example) actual creation of the sequences in a 
live situation.  You actually perform the beat which the machine then 
loops.  I've done this with the MC307, but it's more awkward, as 
there's no undo unless you stop the sequence.  I wanted to be able to 
take beats out of needed.  Doing this in a step record situation is 
really fun and useful.

Another thing the Roland family of boxes does is they allow you to take 
parts out of needed, in a non destructive way.  Thus, a very complex 
beat/sequence can be created, then varied in countless ways by choosing 
different combinations of tracks and effects.

I don't really think this differs from looping, it's just a different 
kind of tool than using something that actually captures audio.

Mark Sottilaro

On Monday, May 12, 2003, at 09:13  AM, Jonathan El-Bizri wrote:

>> Here's perhaps a dumb question: What exactly is "live sequencing" (how
> does
>> it differ from "looping?")?
>>
>
> Personally, I would consider 'live sequencing' to mean the creation of
> performance using pre-developed elements - sample loops, or prepared 
> midi
> sequences. It's what most 'groove boxes' are used for.
>
> Live looping involves the sequencing of elements that are developed as 
> part
> of the performance.
>
> bIz
> ---------------------
> www.groovetronica.com - "No offense, but a dated d&b loop with some 
> Holiday
> Inn lounge singer hardly wows me technically or talent wise, and I 
> could do
> better with a cassette deck and a microphone."
> ---------------------
>
>
>> I know terminology is in evolution....
>>
>> ||: David :||
>>
>>> This is a post intended for Kim Flint.
>>>
>>> Hi Kim
>>> My name is Geoff Smith, you may have seen me on your Loopers-delight
>>> discussion list. I am just finishing my essay on Live-Looping and
> perhaps
>>> only now am I beginning to understand the world of Live-Looping and 
>>> how
> it
>>> has developed.
>>>
>> (...)
>>>
>>> Do you see the EDP now as a live-sequencer?
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>